Roxane Gay’s Graphic Novel ‘The Banks’ Gets Film Adaptation
Angelique Jackson Roxane Gay’s graphic novel “The Banks” is coming to the big screen, with a film adaptation in the works from publisher TKO Studios and Macro.The six-part graphic novel — written by the New York Times bestselling writer (“Hunger,” “Bad Feminist”) and drawn by artist Ming Doyle (“The Kitchen”) — was published in 2019 and follows the story of three generations of Black female master thieves in Chicago. To avenge the loss of a loved one, the women must “mend their differences to embark on a heist of a lifetime.”“I am thrilled to revisit the world of ‘The Banks.’ Clara, Cora, and Celia Banks are fierce women with compelling stories that will really come alive on the silver screen,” Gay said in a statement.